The Under-20 World Cup and that of under 17 scheduled for 2021 are canceled for health reasons and postponed to 2023 with the same host countries, Indonesia and Peru respectively, FIFA announced Thursday.
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“It became clear that the world health situation had not improved sufficiently to meet the challenges associated with the two competitions, in particular with regard to the good performance of the various qualification courses,” FIFA said in a statement. .
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Many football competitions have had to be postponed in recent months after the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, starting with Euro 2020, postponed to summer 2021 (June 11-July 11), the Copa America rescheduled to the same dates, or the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, postponed to January 2022.
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